Is it racist to criticise religion?
As the Conservative chair Sayeeda Warsi suggests Islamophobia has become acceptable, Paul Sims assesses the boundaries of free speech
Human Rights & Ethics
Kitchen sink drama
On International Women's Day Sally Feldman asks is it a coincidence that women are being driven back into the home?
Book review: Justice for Hedgehogs by Ronald Dworkin
Conor Gearty takes a tour round Ronald Dworkin's remarkable mind
Blood and guts
Dublin Science Gallery’s latest exhibition Visceral crosses the boundaries between art and biology. Owen Hatherley pays a stomach-churning visit
Editorial: it just ain’t natural
We shouldn't allow myth and dogma to cloud rational evidence-based argument
Solitary
30,000 supermax prisoners in the US are denied any human contact. So how does it affect them? Sharon Shalev goes inside
People get ready
A new exhibition of James Barnor’s photography provides a route-map of Afro-Modernism. Kobena Mercer gets it in focus
Book Review: The Cruel Radiance: Photography and Political Violence by Susie Linfield
Max Houghton is impressed by the wide angle of Susie Linfield's moral vision
Faith in schools?
Thanks largely to immigration, religious belief is making a comeback in our schools. Should we be concerned? Jim Mulligan visits Ed Miliband’s old school to find out.
Book review: Slaughter on a Snowy Morn by Colin Evans
Louise Foxcroft on a bloody murder and the birth of forensic science